Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, RI
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Illustration, 2005

Sydney College of the Arts
Sydney, Australia
Printmedia / Electronic and Temporal Art, 2004

SKILLS

Graphic Design
Book design and layout, logo and poster design, branding, and web design.

Illustration
Drawing, painting, digital drawing and painting, animation, printmaking

Computer
Strong Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark, InDesign. Proficient in Flash and Dreamweaver, Excel, Word, and familiar with After Effects. Worked with Joomla, e-commerce software.

Life
Very organized, strong communication skills, highly motivated, able to work under pressure to meet deadlines.

EXPERIENCE / INTERNSHIPS

LoRuda
Los Angeles, CA, Art Director / Designer, 2007 - present
As lead designer for an organic clothing company in Los Angeles, worked one on one with owner to develop the company’s brand and indentity. Responsible for the design, direction and theme of all the clothings graphics as well as print material, including catalogues, line sheets and press releases, and company website. Also mailers, web banners and other advertisements.(www.loruda.com)

Running Press
Philadelphia, PA, Book Designer, 2005 - 06
Developed the design conventions and page layouts for a large children’s non-fiction book (Stephen Caney’s Ultimate Building Book, 2006) Image and illustration retouching and manipulating a major part of the job. Also assisted model building and photography.

DFREITAS.COM
Everywhere, USA, Freelance Designer, 2005 - present
Work as an all purpose design studio for mostly music and music related businesses. Design and produce digital and screenprinted show posters, band merchandise, album art, t-shirts.

Steven Caney / Design,
Carlisle, MA, Designer, 2006
Worked in house with design team on identity and logo design as well as print ads. Also helped team prepare images and illustrations for book publication project.